CHAPTER X. 

 INTERIOR STATES. 



STATE OF QUERETARO BOUNDARIES DIVISIONS CHARACTER- 

 ISTICS RIVERS POPULATION AND CLIMATE DISTRICTS, 



ETC. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS FORESTS FACTORIES 



CITIES MINES. STATE OF GUANAJUATO BOUNDARIES 



EXTENT SOIL LAKE YURIRAFUNDA B.O CLIMATE EFFECT 



OF MALADIES PRODUCTIONS VINE OLIVE DIVISIONS 



POPULATION CITY OF GUANAJUATO TOWNS IN THE STATE 



HACIENDA OF JARAL MINES SILVER COPPER LEAD 



CINNABAR. ZACATECAS BOUNDARIES EXTENT AGRI- 

 CULTURE DIVISIONS POPULATION TOWNS ZACATECAS 



AGUAS CALIENTES, ETC. PRODUCT AND VALUE OF ZACATE- 



CAN MINES. RUINS OF QUEMADA IN ZACATECAS. 



THE STATE OF QUERETARO. 



The State of Queretaro, one of the smallest members of the Re- 

 public, is situated between 19° 35' 42" 7"' and 21° 17' 16" 45"' of 

 north latitude. By trigonometrical surveys made in 1837, the State 

 was found to contain 869 square leagues, which were divided be- 

 tween the six districts as follows: 



1 District of Queretaro .... 157 square leagues. 



2 " San Juan del Rio . . 128 " 



3 " Cadereyta .... 115^ " 



4 " Toliman 114f " 



5 " Jalpam . . . . . 203^ " 



6 " Amealco 150f " 



Total 869 

 This State is bounded on the north by the State of San Luis Potosi, 

 west and south-west by Guanajuato and Mechoacan, south by Mexi- 

 co, and east by Mexico and Vera Cruz. It lies entirely on the cen- 

 tral plateau of the Cordillera, and is consequently intersected by 

 numerous mountain spurs and elevated hills, some of which are en- 

 tirely brre, while others are covered with forests of various kinds of 

 wood. The plains are frequently cut up by deep barrancas or gul- 

 lies, rivers and streamlets. The agricultural portions of the State are 

 consequently confined chiefly to the vallies of San Juan del Rio, 

 Queretaro, Cadereyta, Amealco, Toliman and Jalpam, in which the 

 soil, enriched by the vegetable products and debris drained from the 



